Minutes later, with federal immigration agents banging on the front door of her apartment in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood, she had an answer. Maria’s husband was one of an as-yet-unknown number of people taken into custody Sunday morning in what appeared to be the opening salvo in the long-promised — and much-feared — federal immigration blitz on Chicago.

U.S Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officially launched "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago on Sunday, following a week-long frenzy of reported sightings since President Trump’s inauguration.